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- noun Plural form of
Nonconformist .
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Examples
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Trench, as we have seen, gathers from the parable that the pure, or those who consider themselves pure, are not justified in leaping out of the net at their own pleasure; that is, the Nonconformists should not go and constitute conventicles beyond the pale of the Establishment.
The Parables of Our Lord William Arnot
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I never found that the Nonconformists were the least unfriendly to me on this account.
Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography George William Erskine Russell 1886
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So they separated from the Established Church, and became what were called Nonconformists, -- having not only disgust of the decent ritualism of the Church, but great wrath for the bishops and hierarchy and spiritual courts.
Beacon Lights of History John Lord 1852
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Nonconformists are expected to come out in droves for the amorous holiday tonight.
Pablo Andreu: Valentine's Day Back in Style, Nonconformists Say Pablo Andreu 2011
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Nonconformists say that Valentine's Day is à la mode now that the majority of the population feels that it is un-cool.
Pablo Andreu: Valentine's Day Back in Style, Nonconformists Say Pablo Andreu 2011
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They were, if such a phrase may be used, Nonconformists rather than heretics; and it is possible that, if they had not been involved in the fate of less worthy neighbors, they would have been treated by the Church with leniency, and returned gradually to her communion.
Liturgy 2009
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They were, if such a phrase may be used, Nonconformists rather than heretics; and it is possible that, if they had not been involved in the fate of less worthy neighbors, they would have been treated by the Church with leniency, and returned gradually to her communion.
Protestantism 2009
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Nonconformists across America have been lambasting Valentine's Day for years, citing rampant commercialism and herd mentality as reasons for its poverty of coolness.
Pablo Andreu: Valentine's Day Back in Style, Nonconformists Say Pablo Andreu 2011
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Nonconformists across America have been lambasting Valentine s Day for years, citing rampant commercialism and herd mentality as reasons for its poverty of coolness.
Pablo Andreu: Valentine's Day Back in Style, Nonconformists Say Pablo Andreu 2011
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Nonconformists say that Valentine's Day is à la mode now that the majority of the population feels that it is un-cool.
Pablo Andreu: Valentine's Day Back in Style, Nonconformists Say Pablo Andreu 2011
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